Cultivator



Oct. 9, 1928;

W. BENSIEN CULTIVATOR Filed April 192'? //7 en/0r.-

Patented Get. 9,

Application filed April 8, 1927, Serial No.

This invention relates to a the kind provided TES .[PATENT orrlcs.

'WILHELM BENSIEN, OF SIBSTIN, GERMANY.

CULTIVATOB.

cultivator of with spring-controlled tines for weeding purposes and the like and its object is to provide means whereby the spring action can be conveniently regulated to suit chiiierent kinds of soil without altering the tension of With this object view,

sists in connecting bell crank having a long arm whichis acted the springs themselves.

the invention coneach tine to a pivoted upon by a spring for holding the tine against the ground, said arm being curved about the fixed connecting point of the spring and pro,- vided with notches for engaging the spring at different distances from the fulcrum.

The spring action on the tine can thus be regulated by varying the leverage, the tension of the spring remaining substantially constant. Fig.

1 of'the accom Jan 111 drawings Fig. 4:, a pl an view of the tine arrangement including a side view of the lower end of the tine.

The machine consists of a wheeled horizontal frame having brackets 6 are ad ustably ar- 7 on which ranged.

Pivoted to each bracket a plurality of cross-bars is a bellcranlr having a short, substantially horizontal arm 4: and a long, substantially upright arm 5, changeable share 2,

A tine 1 having at its lower end an exis secured by means of 182,037, and, in Germany August 30, 1926.

. with the fixed connecting point of the spring 9 when the arm occupies its normal or idle position. In this-manner the tension of the spring will remain substantially constant in the different spring positions, and the springs will be praetically relieved of tension when the tines are idle irrespective of their positions on the arms 5.

I claim: v

A cultivator comprising a. wheeled horizontal frame, bell-cranks mounted pivotall in said frame, a tine secured to one arm of each bell-crank, and a spring supported at one end in the frame and acting on the other arm of the bell-crank so as to hold the tine against the ground, the connection between said spring and its bell-crank arm being adjustable for varying the leverage, said latter'arni being curved about the supporting point of the spring in t he frame to render the spring tension. equal in difiierent positionsof adjustment. 

